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Introduction
Jules Sherman is the Biodesign Program Director at Children's National Hospital.
Additional affiliations
June 2021 - present
Childrens National Hospital
Position
- Managing Director
Description
- I am the Director of a new Biodesign Program at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Hospital. In this role, I teach innovation and design methods to clinicians and co-create novel medical products in collaboration with doctors and nurses at CNH with the intent to commercialize the inventions. I also lecture at The University of Maryland’s Bioengineering Dept. and help mentor promising senior capstone project groups.
January 2015 - March 2021
June 2012 - present
Maternal Life, LLC
Position
- Co-Founder, CEO
Publications
Publications (17)
Introduction:
Some of the leading causes of tracheostomy-related complications in pediatric populations are accidental decannulation and obstruction events that result in permanent neurological damage or death if not mitigated quickly enough. Despite the severity of tracheostomy tube emergency events, there is currently no effective medical technol...
Background/Objectives: Kangaroo Care (KC) has been proven to enhance physiological stability, growth, and bonding in preterm, low-birthweight infants. Despite its benefits, KC is underutilized in Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) due to challenges in managing medical equipment. This study introduces the Kangarobe™, a novel garment desi...
Background
Children with medical complexity (CMC) often face significant barriers to accessing care, obtaining appropriate insurance coverage for medical devices, technology, supplies, home nursing and social services. These challenges, when viewed through the lens of social determinants of health, highlight concerns about healthcare inequity. Thes...
Equitable access to appropriate care, emergency department services, and in-home support aids are needed to minimize the occurrences of adverse events that have a significant impact on families. However, many families of children with medical complexity (CMC) lack consistent care due to issues of health inequity. We conducted 11 qualitative intervi...
Aim of the study:
To determine if prefilled epinephrine syringes will reduce time to epinephrine administration compared to conventional epinephrine during standardized simulated neonatal resuscitation.
Background:
Timely and accurate epinephrine administration during neonatal resuscitation is lifesaving in bradycardic infants. Current epinephri...
Both quality improvement (QI) and design thinking (DT) methodologies have their unique strengths and weaknesses. Although QI sees problems through a process-centered lens, DT leverages a human-centered approach to understand how people think, behave, and act when encountering a problem. By integrating these 2 frameworks, clinicians have a unique op...
This study evaluated the feasibility of a delayed cord clamping cart (DCCC) in low-risk neonates born via Cesarean section (CS). The DCCC is a small, sterile cart designed to facilitate neonatal resuscitation while the umbilical cord remains intact. The cart is cantilevered over the operating room (OR) table during a CS, allowing the patient to be...
Objective There is limited research exploring the relationship between design and patient safety outcomes, especially in maternal and neonatal care. We employed design thinking methodology to understand how the design of labor and delivery units impacts safety and identified spaces and systems where improvements are needed.
Study Design Site visits...
Delayed cord clamping (DCC) is endorsed by multiple professional organizations for both term and preterm infants. In preterm infants, DCC has been shown to reduce intraventricular hemorrhage, lower incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, and reduce the need for transfusions. Furthermore, in preterm animal models, ventilation during DCC leads to imp...
This study assessed labor and delivery (L&D) unit space and design, and also considered correlations between physical space measurements and clinical outcomes. Design and human factors research has increased standardization in high-hazard industries, but is not fully utilized in medicine. Emergency department and intensive care unit space has been...
Background
Colostrum is the first nutritional liquid that comes out of the breast during lactation. Colostrum collection can be challenging due to the small volume produced, and because breast pumps are not designed for colostrum collection. Besides pumping colostrum, the generally accepted practice is to use any available container to hand-express...
When we spend time to gather information and make meaning from the data, we begin to identify with our users, feel emotions around their predicament, and become passionate about helping them solve their problems. I tell my students that if they don’t find themselves unusually curious, saddened, or angered by a problem, to the point where it keeps t...
Experiential learning, which may include hands-on learning paired with observation and reflection, has been applied in several industries; however, the impact of experiential learning in design education is not well known. We investigated how the type of simulation-based learning could affect the acquisition of knowledge and the ability to synthesi...
Objective:
To explore women's birth experiences to develop an understanding of their perspectives on patient safety during hospital-based birth.
Design:
Qualitative description using thematic analysis of interview data.
Participants:
Seventeen women ages 29 to 47 years.
Methods:
Women participated in individual or small group interviews abou...
BACKGROUND
Empathy is a key element of patient–doctor relationships
and can be defined as a multidimensional concept of
perspective, compassion, and standing in a patient’s shoes.1
Prior studies have reported decline in medical students’
empathy.2–4 Several factors may contribute to this trend, including
long work hours, technology, and time limita...
Results on the clinical pilot study for Primo-Lacto®.
Delayed cord clamping (DCC) presents a circumstance when the obstetric team and neonatal team must work in close proximity to each other for a defined period of time, taking care of two patients that are connected by an umbilical cord. Issues such as sterility, obstruction, and communication are key factors to consider when implementing this practi...